Flood control and emergency rescue technology

Author: Compiled by the Yellow River Water Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources / Office of the General Command of Yellow River Flood Control
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Publishing Date: 2000-04-01
Features: This book focuses on Yellow River flood control and rescue techniques, incorporating technologies and experiences from major rivers. While summarizing traditional techniques, it comprehensively elaborates on new technologies, materials, equipment, tools, and the organization of mechanized rescue teams. The book is divided into thirteen chapters, with main content including floods and disasters, flood control organization systems, flood control rescue materials and equipment, engineering geology and application criteria for geosynthetics, organization and management of mobile flood control rescue teams, hazard inspection and monitoring, dikes, river channel regulation projects, dike-crossing structures, and ice jams, as well as rescue principles and methods for various hazards. Additionally, it covers dike plugging techniques and experimental research on new flood control rescue technologies.